Thefts Reported to Police
Newcastle police are investigating a report by Robert Jones, a ganger, of Maitland-road, Mayfield, that a 400-gallon tank was stolen from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1939
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Police Funeral at Cessnock
Police from many stations in the Lower Hunter districts marched at the funeral at Cessnock this afternoon of Constable Herbert Henry Thorp. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court
The Maitland Hospital, represented by Mr. H. T. Skilton (Messrs. W. J. Enright and Skilton) proceeded against several persons in the Small Debts Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Policeman Charged Allegedly Drove Car While Intoxicated SYDNEY
Police Sergeant P. A. Weidemeir was charged at the Kogarah Police Court to-day with having driven a car while under the influence of liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Gaol Warders Attacked Gun Threat Averts Riot BATHURST
Another serious disturbance occurred in the Bathurst Gaol yesterday, when two warders were attacked by two prisoners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Licensing Court Race Booth Licences
Applications by Alton Thomas Cusick, the licensee of Hotel Gosford, of Mann, street, Gosford, to conduct bars at the Newcastle race meeting, to-morrow were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Year Eve Party Has Court Sequel
The story of an unhappy ending to a New Year's Eve party was told to-day to Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at the Newcastle Summons Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →21 Mobile Police Stations For Country Road Safety SYDNEY
As soon as the vehicles are purchased, and crews properly instructed, 21 mobile police stations with "cells" and tents attached will be drafted to various parts of the State to check dangerous driving and perform other police duties…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Strength Immediate Increase by 88 Units Cabinet Approves Changes Sydney
The Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) announced that Cabinet to-day had approved of an arrangement which would result in an immediate increase of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmer's Death Strychnine Poisoning Inquest at Taree Widow and Another Man Face Murder Charge TAREE
The widow and the man alleged to have been her lover were committed for trial on a charge of murder after the District Coroner (Mr. H. Flett) had held an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Exclusion of Miners' Advocates Sought Counsel's Request to Court "Men Unwise," Says Judge Sydney
"I ask you not to allow the representatives of the Miners' Federation to appear before the Court until their members…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Charged By Wife
Mrs. Alice Robson. before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. at Wallsend Police Court to-day, charged her husband. James Sydney Robson (36). with assaulting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gaol For A Month
"You have more than 60 convictions. Including many for assault," said Mr. Carr-Boyd. at Wallsend Police Court to-day to Cecil Patrick Maher (34)…
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Constable Herbert Henry Thorpe, who died in Cessnock Hospital on Tuesday morning, was given a police funeral at Cessnock yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hunger Strike Threat in Bathurst Gaol Bathurst
A hunger strike, for the next 48 hours, has been threatened by seven prisoners to Bathurst Gaol, who "ore undergoing punishment for their part…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Wednesday, January 11 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Labourer Remanded
Walter Henry Barnes, 24, labourer, was remanded until Wednesday, January 25, on a charge of having stolen £200 from William Galsworthy at Newcastle on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Police Funeral at Cessnock
More than 30 policemen from Newcastle, Maitland and Coalfields districts attended the funeral at Cessnock yesterday afternoon of Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Before Court Sydney
More people were charged at the Central Police Court last year than in 1937. In 1937 9727 men and women were before the Court, but last year the figures rose…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Seventeen Bases New Police Patrols SYDNEY
Bases for the new patrols and their 17 motor-trucks, which will play an important part in the Government's drive for increased road safety, will be at Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"Always on Duty" Police Commissioner in Motor Chase SYDNEY
The truism that a policeman is always on duty was exemplified recently when the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. MacKay), while motoring, saw a man…
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